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The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and the Australian Law Librarians’ Association (ALLA) join with the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC) and Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) in commending changes to the Copyright Act, which will introduce the concept of fair use and help ‘future-proof’ the law. We also support the Parliamentary Library’s submission advocating for the retention of a specific exception for parliamentary libraries.

Government library and information professionals connect politicians and government employees to the essential information they need to make decisions based on facts, not fiction.

This document summarises how people who work in the library and information field want the new Australian Government to engage with library and information services during its term of office. In the run up to the federal election, we will be lobbying for The Library and Information Agenda – four themes and 10 items which we believe are essential for promoting literacy, enabling citizens to be well informed, supporting socially inclusive communities and contributing to the success of Australia as a knowledgebased economy.

ALIA Schools Professional Development Seminar, 19 October 2013 Mill Park, Victoria: Exploring eWorlds

The seminar discusses accessing and managing online resources, including ePlatforms for managing eBooks.

This presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the session which investigates access to public library online resources. 

This report is an evaluation of how the National Year of Reading helped to build a reading culture across the nation. The evaluation was undertaken by The Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. The report describes the nature and outcomes of the National Year of Reading in the four case studies, including a consideration of what participating organisations delivered beyond what would normally be expected of them. The findings lead to a series of conclusions about the program’s successes, challenges and legacy followed by recommendations about how these successes can be sustained and extended beyond 2012.

National Library and Information Technicians' Symposium, 30 October - 1 November 2013, Canberra: waves of change.

This paper examines the change management process from the announcement of the change through to the implementation of the new supplier. The paper presents findings from team surveys and interviews conducted throughout the process. Recommendations are given for staff facing similar changes in their own work environments.

This paper discusses the future of collections, 50:50 by 2020, is now available. ALIA predicts that library print and ebook collections will establish a 50:50 equilibrium by 2020 and that this balance will be maintained for the foreseeable future. To see the supporting evidence and get an idea of what this will mean for libraries and library management.

Healthcare professionals were asked how they thought their use of library and information services had helped them over the last year, this poster shows the results of this survey.

This document list nine questions for political parties regarding the 2013 Library and Information Agenda – four themes and 10 items which we believe are essential for promoting literacy, enabling citizens to be well informed, supporting socially inclusive communities and contributing to the success of Australia as a knowledgebased economy.

Healthcare professionals were asked how they thought their library and information services had helped them over the last year, this infographic represents the results of this survey.

Health Libraries Inc (based in Victoria) and Health Libraries Australia (a national group of the Australian Library and Information Association) commissioned award-winning firm SGS Economics and Planning to survey health libraries across the nation and from this to assess the return on the annual investment in these services to their organisations.

Contents: About ALIA -- Our Association -- Financial report.

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) paper summarising the current ebook and elending environment and outlining the issues facing libraries throughout Australia.

Notice of meeting and agenda of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 25th Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2013 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra.

A consortium of library associations including the Australian Government Libraries Information Network (AGLIN), Australian Law Librarians’ Association (ALLA), Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Health Libraries Australia (HLA) and Health Libraries Inc (HLI) has worked with SGS Economics & Planning Pty Ltd (SGS) in the preparation of this report. This research seeks to contrast the costs and benefits associated with the operation of special libraries (including government, health, law and corporate libraries) across Australia; the aim of this research being to demonstrate the net benefits these libraries confer.

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) discussion paper on ebooks and elending.

The purpose of this report is to assist library and information professionals to present the business case for health libraries within their organisation. By doing so, we hope health libraries will be able to maintain their excellent service to medical practitioners; a service which impacts directly on positive health outcomes for patients.

The benefits were assessed of providing a service directly to health library users, including time saved and value of ‘out-of-pocket’ expenses such as journal subscriptions.

A survey of libraries was supported by a number of in-depth case studies.

The project was initiated by the National Year of Reading 2012 founding partners, with the Australian Library and Information Association as the auspice body. The project concept was prompted by recognition that there were many challenges being faced by providers of early literacy programs in remote Indigenous communities. With vast distances involved, the cost and difficulty of travelling to remote communities, the small size of the population in each location, the different language groups, the shortage of experienced workers, the time to build up trust and intense competition for funds mean that work in remote communities creates many barriers to sharing and partnering.

The goal of the project was to facilitate input from service providers of early literacy programs in remote Indigenous communities with a view to understanding what early literacy programs (outside of the formal education framework) are being delivered in remote Indigenous communities and to develop initial insight into the hallmarks of a good practice framework that can guide future government investment and non-government organisation (NGO) focus. It is intended that the outputs from this project will also encourage knowledge transfer, capacity building and collaboration across the early literacy sector.

ALIA Western Australia submission in response to the 2013 Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) discussion paper Library and information services: the future of the profession - themes and scenarios 2025.

ALIA Victoria submission in response to the 2013 Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) discussion paper Library and information services: the future of the profession - themes and scenarios 2025.

ALIA Asia Pacific Special Interest Group (ALIA APSIG) was a national group that aimed to lead efforts in identifying new sources of support for the development between information professionals in the region, through two-way co-operation. It also aimed to provide a forum for members to discuss regional professional issues and to communicate these to the appropriate forum; hosts public talks relating to relevant issues; and produce a membership newsletter three times per year.

All of the ALIA members want to know what the future holds for library and information services. Of course, it is impossible to predict in exact terms, but using global trends, early indicators and futurist thinking to develop themes can guide the discussion about where it might be headed. For the purpose of this discussion paper, ALIA has looked at the broad role of library and information services, and specific circumstances relating to school, public, academic and special libraries, and collecting institutions. The starting point was to look at how the sector arrived at this point (timeline) and the current situation. The futurists’ view of the world was described and looked at how this might impact on ALIA members. From this, three themes were devised, which provide quite different scenarios.

This brief submission raised the issue of libraries' limited access to ebooks for elending purposes because of publishers' restrictions on sales of ebook titles to libraries. It raised concerns about some publishers refusing to allow libraries to acquire ebooks for lending concurrent with their general release, at a fair and affordable price, and under licences that acknowledge copyright law exceptions for libraries.

ALIA HLA professional development day, 'The Value Proposition' held in 2013. Featuring presentations addressing:

• Research into our services and skills.
• Search skills of health librarians – how do we measure up?
• One tribe- many tribes? Mapping the boundaries and our population. Workforce, place, role, the HLA census.
• Marketing health librarianship as a profession. Adding value to health librarians' professional role: HLA research into education and workforce needs, and the launch of the PD health specialisation.
• ePortfolios to support PD.
• 2012 HLA/HCN Award winner from CareSearch (Palliative Care Knowledge Network) – search filter development and the implications for practice.
• eResearch@Flinders: reusing librarians’ skills for a new area of service delivery.
• Single click results- aiding access to clinical information.

ALIA Top End (Northern Territory) submission in response to the 2013 Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) discussion paper Library and information services: the future of the profession - themes and scenarios 2025.

Media release by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) at 2pm Wednesday 4 December 2013, on the campaign in Young, New South Wales to raise awareness of the defunding of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia.

Australian Library and Information Association's purpose in submitting this paper is to join colleagues from other professional associations in opposing the Australian Government’s proposal to cap self education expenses at $2,000, as planned in the 2013-14 Budget.

The Board of Directors may confer the distinction of Fellow on a member who, in the opinion of the Board, has reached an exceptionally high standard of proficiency in library and information science, and has made a distinguished contribution to the theory or practice of library and information science, and also directly contributed to the aims and objects of the Australian Library and Information Association.

This document provides general information about the award and an application form to nominate an individual to receive the award.

On behalf of a consortium of state and territory libraries, the Australia Library and Information Association (ALIA) commissioned SGS Economics and Planning Pty Ltd (SGS) to generate estimates of the contributions that public libraries make to Australian community welfare and Australian economic activity.